2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Massachusetts
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 18 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The religious ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Massachusetts”.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Massachusetts
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree religious ed students.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Massachusetts
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Nazarene College landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Nazarene College is located in Quincy, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Religious Education at Eastern Nazarene College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hebrew College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Massachusetts list. Hebrew College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Religious Education at Hebrew College
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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